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NOTES TO TABLE 27

Table 27 shows the monthly breakdown by model and type of Japanese aircraft destroyed in combat by carrier-based and land-based aircraft combined.

If the reported identifications by Naval pilots can be accepted as generally correct, 65 percent of the Japanese aircraft destroyed in air combat were single-engine fighters, 16 percent were single-engine bombers, 14 percent were twin-engine fighters or bombers, and only 5 percent were float planes or of miscellaneous types.

The 65% of single-engine fighters may be further broken down: nearly two-thirds were Zekes, less than one-fifth were Tonys, Oscars and Nates, one-tenth were Tojos and newer types, and the small remainder were of other or unidentified types.

Over half of the single engine-bombers were the vulnerable Vals, the remainder Judys, Kates and Jills in decreasing magnitude. Nearly 40 percent of the twin-engine planes were identified as Bettys, 12 percent as Frances; eight other principal types were identified in small numbers, and over 15 percent could not be identified.

The worst month for Zekes was June 1944, when 461 were shot down by Naval planes, but all types of Jap fighters had bad months in October 1944 (727 shot down) and April 1945 (698 lost). By far the worst losses of single-engine bombers were in April 1945, when 304 Vals and 132 others went down. Twin-engine planes had their worst month in October 1944, when 258 of assorted types were destroyed in combat off Formosa and the Philippines.

TABLE 27. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AERIAL COMBAT BY ALL NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT By Type and Allied Code Name, Monthly (Part 1)
MONTH	ZEKE /HAMP	OSCAR	TONY	TOJO	NATE	FRANK	JACK	GEORGE	MYRT	OTHER & U/I	VAL	JUDY	KATE	JILL	OTHER
December 1941	0									1			0
January 1942	1									0			0
February 1942	1									10			1
March 1942	0									0			0
April 1942	0									0			0
May 1942	24									14	8		10
June 1942	26									23	20		19
July 1942	0									0	0		0
August 1942	41									13	45		7
September 1942	25									3	3		0
October 1942	121									18	38		11
November 1942	50									0	4		0
December 1942	15									0	0		0
January 1943	47									0	4		0
February 1943	16									0	5		0
March 1943	1									0	0		0
April 1943	33									0	13		0
May 1943	15									0	0		0
June 1943	69									0	17		0
July 1943	148									0	4		0
August 1943	84		3							1	15		0
September 1943	89		4							0	10		0
October 1943	96		2							0	0		0
November 1943	127	6	16							1	60		37
December 1943	117	1	13							0	0		1
January 1944	386	1	9	2						6	2	0	3	0	0
February 1944	200	3	5	4						26	15	0	6	0	0
March 1944	88	3	4	1						8	1	9	0	0	0
April 1944	52	3	2	1						2	0	4	5	2	1
May 1944	6	0	0	2						0	0	0	0	0	0
June 1944	461	0	44	5	1					8	28	82	45	32	0
July 1944	89	0	1	1	0					2	0	0	2	0	0
August 1944	10	1	0	0	0					1	0	0	2	0	0
September 1944	97	56	83	15	25					19	18	3	2	2	0
October 1944	351	124	76	106	9		6			55	54	64	10	50	1
November 1944	70	60	26	46	0		1		3	8	4	6	2	7	0
December 1944	66	42	4	6	1		3		0	1	9	5	1	3	1
January 1945	73	34	21	25	0	0	1	3	1	4	19	4	1	5	0
February 1945	151	76	40	55	17	13	1	2	5	5	14	6	3	7	0
March 1945	122	19	10	17	1	24	9	7	14	5	6	15	3	19	1
April 1945	361	61	43	47	46	35	16	14	15	5	304	50	27	26	29
May 1945	100	22	42	38	37	37	6	4	6	6	61	10	3	12	5
June 1945	42	13	20	10	8	4	3	1	0	2	18	3	0	1	5
July 1945	6	3	8	4	0	26	0	4	5	0	2	2	0	5	1
August 1945	19	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	6	0	0	8	2	3	7
TOTALS	3,896	529	477	385	145	144	49	35	55	247	801	271	203	174	51

TABLE 27. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AERIAL COMBAT BY ALL NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT By Type and Allied Code Name, Monthly (Part 2)
MONTH	FLOAT PLANES				TWIN-ENGINE BOMBER, FIGHTER, RECONNAISSANCE
MONTH	RUFE	JAKE	PETE	OTHER & U/I	NELL	SALLY	BETTY	NICK	DINAH	IRVING	FRANCES	LILY	HELEN	PEGGY	OTHER & U/I
December 1941				1											9
January 1942				0											0
February 1942				0											18
March 1942				0											1
April 1942				0											0
May 1942				7											0
June 1942				2											0
July 1942				0											0
August 1942				4		2									27
September 1942	9			0		16									55
October 1942	7			16		0	3								50
November 1942	1			9		0	16								2
December 1942	4			0		0	0								0
January 1943	0			3		0	11								0
February 1943	0			0		0	4								0
March 1943	0			0		0	0								0
April 1943	0			0		0	0								0
May 1943	0			0		0	0								0
June 1943	0			15		0	27								0
July 1943	0			2	3	0	23								6
August 1943	1	2	2	0	0	0	0								0
September 1943	0	0	0	0	1	0	4								0
October 1943	0	0	0	1	2	0	9								0
November 1943	5	0	2	2	0	2	27						1		1
December 1943	4	0	2	2	0	0	10						0		0
January 1944	0	2	0	1	1	0	8	0	0			0	0		0
February 1944	11	7	7	5	0	0	15	1	0			2	0		4
March 1944	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0			0	0		1
April 1944	0	0	0	0	0	7	18	3	1			0	1		6
May 1944	0	1	0	0	0	1	9	0	0			0	0		0
June 1944	1	15	0	0	1	3	45	2	0	9	2	2	2		15
July 1944	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0		5
August 1944	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0
September 1944	0	1	3	0	1	2	16	8	10	2	3	0	1		3
October 1944	0	25	2	2	12	29	57	17	6	7	74	35	7		14
November 1944	1	2	1	0	1	2	8	1	3	2	10	3	0		5
December 1944	0	12	1	1	0	4	8	2	3	6	4	5	0		1
January 1945	0	11	1	1	3	6	4	5	8	2	6	3	7	0	0
February 1945	6	15	4	1	3	2	9	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	0
March 1945	6	9	0	2	3	1	44	6	2	4	8	0	2	2	1
April 1945	0	3	0	8	0	3	48	9	4	4	24	5	0	7	3
May 1945	4	16	14	7	1	3	20	12	23	2	9	1	1	1	0
June 1945	1	4	2	1	1	3	11	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
July 1945	0	1	4	2	0	2	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
August 1945	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	7	1	1	5	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	71	128	47	96	34	88	477	82	77	41	149	57	25	10	227

TABLE 27. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AERIAL COMBAT BY ALL NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT By Type and Allied Code Name, Monthly (Part 3)
MONTH	TOTALS, BY MAJOR TYPES							TOTAL, ALL TYPES
MONTH	SINGLE-ENGINE FIGHTER	SINGLE ENGINE BOMBER	FLOAT PLANE	TWIN-ENGINE COMBAT	FLYING BOAT	TRANSPORT	TRAINER	TOTAL, ALL TYPES
December 1941	1	0	1	9	1			12
January 1942	1	0	0	0	0			1
February 1942	11	1	0	18	4			34
March 1942	0	0	0	1	1			2
April 1942	0	0	0	0	0			0
May 1942	38	18	7	0	3			66
June 1942	49	39	2	0	0			90
July 1942	0	0	0	0	0			0
August 1942	54	52	4	29	5			144
September 1942	28	3	9	71	0			111
October 1942	139	49	23	53	3			267
November 1942	50	4	10	18	2			84
December 1942	15	0	4	0	0			19
January 1943	47	4	3	11	0			65
February 1943	16	5	0	4	0			25
March 1943	1	0	0	0	0			1
April 1943	33	13	0	0	0			46
May 1943	15	0	0	0	0			15
June 1943	69	17	15	27	0			128
July 1943	148	4	2	32	0			186
August 1943	88	15	5	0	1			109
September 1943	93	10	0	5	3			111
October 1943	98	0	1	11	0			110
November 1943	150	97	9	31	2			289
December 1943	131	1	8	10	2			152
January 1944	404	5	3	9	0	1		422
February 1944	238	21	30	22	0	0		311
March 1944	104	10	2	15	0	0		131
April 1944	60	12	0	36	0	0		108
May 1944	8	0	1	10	1	1		21
June 1944	519	187	16	81	9	6		818
July 1944	93	2	10	10	2	0		117
August 1944	12	2	1	2	3	0		20
September 1944	295	25	4	46	1	11		382
October 1944	727	179	29	258	9	6		1,208
November 1944	214	19	4	35	3	7		282
December 1944	123	19	14	33	3	9		201
January 1945	162	29	13	44	1	9		258
February 1945	365	30	26	31	1	6		459
March 1945	228	44	17	73	5	8		375
April 1945	643	436	11	107	1	7		1,205
May 1945	298	91	41	73	3	5	28	539
June 1945	103	27	8	21	0	0	0	159
July 1945	56	10	7	14	0	2	1	90
August 1945	35	20	2	17	0	2	0	76
TOTALS	5,962	1,500	342	1,267	69	80	29	9,249

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TABLE 27. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AERIAL COMBAT BY ALL NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT

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TABLE 27. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AERIAL COMBAT BY ALL NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT

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TABLE 27. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN AERIAL COMBAT BY ALL NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT

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